Ask HN: What is the best book you read in 2020? ↗

The books people recommended

2020-12-31 · 66 points · 57 comments · 32 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

3Dune
Dune
Frank Herbert
3 here · 50 all-time · #6 overall
3Never Split the Difference
Never Split the Difference
Chris Voss
3 here · 15 all-time · #69 overall
3Orthodoxy
Orthodoxy
G. K. Chesterton
3 here · 6 all-time · #238 overall
2The Psychology of Money
The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
2 here · 6 all-time · #221 overall
2Children of Dune
Children of Dune
Frank Herbert
2 here · 5 all-time · #297 overall
2The Oresteia
The Oresteia
Aeschylus
2 here · 3 all-time · #643 overall
2Rhythm of War
Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson
2 here · 3 all-time · #644 overall
1The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1 here · 26 all-time · #20 overall
1Foundation
Foundation
Isaac Asimov
1 here · 22 all-time · #34 overall
1Why We Sleep
Why We Sleep
Matthew Walker
1 here · 20 all-time · #41 overall
1A Philosophy of Software Design
A Philosophy of Software Design
John Ousterhout
1 here · 19 all-time · #46 overall
1Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
1 here · 18 all-time · #48 overall
1Ender's Game
Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card
1 here · 18 all-time · #50 overall
1The Mom Test
The Mom Test
Rob Fitzpatrick
1 here · 16 all-time · #62 overall
1The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin
1 here · 14 all-time · #75 overall
1The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin
1 here · 12 all-time · #94 overall
1The Name of the Wind
The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss
1 here · 12 all-time · #104 overall
1Homo Deus
Homo Deus
Yuval Noah Harari
1 here · 9 all-time · #151 overall
1The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
1 here · 7 all-time · #197 overall
1The Elephant in the Brain
The Elephant in the Brain
Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson
1 here · 7 all-time · #203 overall
1The Denial of Death
The Denial of Death
Ernest Becker
1 here · 5 all-time · #273 overall
1Piranesi
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
1 here · 5 all-time · #282 overall
1The First Law
The First Law
Joe Abercrombie
1 here · 5 all-time · #306 overall
112 Rules for Life
12 Rules for Life
Jordan Peterson
1 here · 5 all-time · #315 overall
1Alchemy
Alchemy
Rory Sutherland
1 here · 4 all-time · #362 overall
1Evicted
Evicted
Matthew Desmond
1 here · 4 all-time · #368 overall
1Can't Hurt Me
Can't Hurt Me
David Goggins
1 here · 3 all-time · #488 overall
1Countdown to Zero Day
Countdown to Zero Day
Kim Zetter
1 here · 3 all-time · #525 overall
1When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi
1 here · 3 all-time · #551 overall
1Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation
Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation
Douglas Hofstadter
1 here · 3 all-time · #561 overall
1Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann
1 here · 3 all-time · #613 overall
1The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X and Alex Haley
1 here · 3 all-time · #618 overall